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submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Bayer’s Monsanto was ordered to pay more than $1.5 billion Friday over claims its patented weed-killer, Roundup, was linked to users’ cancer, Bloomberg reported.

James Draeger, Valerie Gunther and Dan Anderson were each awarded a total of $61.1 million in actual damages and $500 million each in punitive damages by jurors in state court in Jefferson City, Missouri.

The three people alleged that their non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas — a type of cancer that begins in your lymphatic system, part of the body’s immune system — were caused by years of using Roundup while gardening.

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[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I've reached a point in my life where I don't mind too much. I'm sure it can be dangerous in the wrong contexts, everything is.

No interest in a sophomoric reference battle, it's not like anybody reads them.

[-] EatATaco@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Nor should it bother you. I was just laughing at the fact that this group did pretty much exactly what they were whining about. Its amazing how often we see ourselves in others.

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I'm with you mate, it's the only stuff that'll actually get rid of Japanese knotweed so I'd rather use it than have my entire ecosystem destroyed by an invasive species

There are far worse things out there and of course people who spray without masks and gloves are going to get sick, but glyphosate is about as safe as we're going to get just now, so fuck it lol

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